Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the 2nd round of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.26
Zhizhen Zhang -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-26 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-4 6-3). During the match, Rublev scored 60 points vs Djere’s 44. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev made 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev was quite effective on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Djere twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (369-205). 8-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has a compiled 110-58 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Marseille where he overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in Dubai where he beat Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Belgrade where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-0.
Andrey has an aggregate 41-15 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Astana
Andrey has never competed in this tournament before.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after beating Cem Ilkel 6-78 6-2 6-1, Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-65 6-3 and Aslan Karatsev 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Karatsev, Zhizhen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Zhang scored 108 points vs Karatsev’s 90. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 70% of his first serves in, winning 71% (44/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Karatsev 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Zhang’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Luedenscheid Challenger,the Trieste Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
Zhizhen has a compiled 44-22 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 77 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 291-252 |
| Total Points | 104 | 543 |
| Winners | 30 | 124 |
| %Winners | 50% | 43% |
Rublev played 1 match while Zhang competed in 3 matches. Zhang started his run from the qualifications while Rublev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zhizhen Zhang lost 2 sets while Andrey Rublev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rublev has played 6 set(s) less than Zhang (2 vs 8). Therefore, Rublev played 58 games less than Zhang. Andrey scored 30 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang blasted 124 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 188/277 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 124/188 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 57/89 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 64% |
Rublev made 7 aces . Zhang made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Rublev won 91% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 11/32 |
| % Converted | 40% | 34% |
| Conceded | 3 | 24 |
| Saved | 3 | 20 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Andrey was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Zhang broke his opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||
| R1 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 30/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhang | |||||
| Q1 Ilkel |
Q3 Nedovesov |
R1 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-2 6-1 | 7-65 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 27 | 77 | |
| pts | 108-89 | 75-73 | 108-90 | 291-252 | |
| Total points | 197 | 148 | 198 | 543 | |
| Winners | 38 | 42 | 44 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 56% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 64/90 | 62/89 | 188/277 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 42/64 | 44/62 | 124/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 66% | 71% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/36 | 16/26 | 12/27 | 57/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 62% | 44% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/3 | 5/19 | 11/32 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 26% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 12/13 | 3/6 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 92% | 50% | 242% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLLLL Tennis Scores in Astana
- David GoffinGoffin – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Grigoriy Lomakin/Denis YevseyevLomakin/Denis Yevseyev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander BublikBublik (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
